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Baker Village, Georgia

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Columbus West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31903. It stands on Werocoda Creek. The Survey maps it on the Columbus quadrangle.

Baker Village within Muscogee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 26 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Photographs

3 photographs, 1940

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Defense housing project, Newton D. Baker Village, under authority of housing commission of Columbus, Georgia. Construction delayed on account of heavy rains
Defense housing project, Newton D. Baker Village, under authority of housing commission of Columbus, Georgia. Construction delayed on account of heavy rains
Wolcott, Marion Post, 1940. Library of Congress
Defense housing project, Newton D. Baker Village, under authority of housing commission of Columbus, Georgia. Construction delayed on account on account of heavy rains
Defense housing project, Newton D. Baker Village, under authority of housing commission of Columbus, Georgia. Construction delayed on account on account of heavy rains
Wolcott, Marion Post, 1940. Library of Congress
Defense housing project, Newton D. Baker Village, under authority of housing commission of Columbus, Georgia. Construction delayed on account of heavy rains
Defense housing project, Newton D. Baker Village, under authority of housing commission of Columbus, Georgia. Construction delayed on account of heavy rains
Wolcott, Marion Post, 1940. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

50 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Baker Village between 1992 and 2018, burning about 321 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 19 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Arson/incendiarism19
Debris and open burning9
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Smoking7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Natural2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
22 September 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2010Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-MUSCOGEE-001
11 September 2002Smoking34 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-MUSCOGEE-001
4 August 1998Smokingunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 July 1995Natural11 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
31 July 1993Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Muscogee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Baker Village: 13 producers, 1 past producer. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REE. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Chattahoochee River GravelSand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REEProducerIlmenite, Kyanite, Quartz, Rutile, Zircon
Dixieland MineSand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REEProducerIlmenite, Kyanite, Quartz, Rutile, Zircon
Dixieland PitsSand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REEProducerPlacer
Bussey PitClayProducer
Cilla MineClayProducer
No. 1 PitClayProducer
No. 4 MinesClayPast Producer
Woolfolk MineClayProducer
Brown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dixieland MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Storms near this place

7 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Baker Village in 7 storm reports between 2014 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2016Thunderstorm WindBaker Village$10,000The Muscogee County 911 center reported a tree blown down on a house on Hawthorne Drive.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindBaker Village$4,000The Muscogee County 911 Center reported several trees and a few power lines down in the eastern portion of the city of Columbus, mainly along I-185 near highway 27.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindBaker Village$1,000The 911 Call Center reported a tree down at Victory Drive and Engineer Drive.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindBaker Village$1,000The Muscogee County 911 center reported a tree blown down near the intersection of Shelby Street and Esquiline Court.
January 2017Thunderstorm WindBaker Village$1,000The Muscogee County Emergency Manager reported a tree blown down blocking one lane of traffic at the Fort Benning Access Point #2.
June 2016LightningBaker Village$500The Muscogee County 911 center reported a tree caught fire from a lightning strike on Hawthorne Drive.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindBaker Village-Trees reported down on homes in Benning Hills.

Every storm recorded in Muscogee County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Esquiline Heights0.2 miles26
Pine Hill0.3 miles26
Cusseta Heights0.4 miles26
Levy0.4 miles26
Willis Plaza0.4 miles26
Benning Park0.5 miles26
Avondale Heights0.7 miles26
City View Heights0.7 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331080. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.